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Author Archives: Joe_Williams
The Greenstreet Mac Mini: Adding Another 2010 to the Cigar Box Fleet
I wasn’t planning on building another cigar box mini-stack anytime soon, but eBay had other ideas. A very clean 2010 Mac mini popped up for auction so I took a shot. I threw in a maximum bid of $37 on … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Joe's Garage
Tagged 2010, Apple, Cigar Box Mac Mini Stack, digital, Joe Williams, Mac Mini, old, USA, vintage, vintage Macs
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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
Posted in Caturday
Tagged feline, ginger cats, Philadelphia, Plywood, Plywood the Cat, USA
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Reclaiming My Creative Life With Vintage Macs: The Cigar Box Mac Mini Stack
After months of tinkering, I finally built the Murciélago Mini-Stack: a 2010 Mac mini sitting on top of a 2022 M1 Mac mini, all resting on a cigar box. Two Macs, one keyboard, and zero subscriptions. Here’s how I reclaimed my creative life with vintage hardware I already own. Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Illustration, Joe's Garage, Vector Illustration
Tagged 2010 Mac mini, Adobe CS4, Affinity Designer, Apple hardware, cigar box, desktop publishing, IKEA hack, KVM switch, M1 Mac mini, Mac Mini, Mac stack, Murciélago Mini-Stack, no subscription, retro Mac, Snow Leopard, subscription free, The Cigar Box Mac Mini Stack, vintage computing, vintage Mac
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The End of the Adobe Era: Reclaiming My Creative Life with Vintage Macs
After three decades with Photoshop — from floppy disks and beige Macs to monthly subscriptions — I finally hit cancel. Here’s why I’m happily back to my old software running on old hardware, and how I reclaimed my creative life. Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Computers, Curious Clutter, Joe's Garage
Tagged 1990s computing, Adobe, Adobe subscription, analog to digital, beige box, cancel Adobe, Creative Cloud, creative freedom, death by a thousand cuts, digital minimalism, drafting table, future proofing, Mac Mini, Mac nostalgia, Macintosh IIci, old Mac, old software, Photoshop, Photoshop CS4, Power Mac, pre-subscription Photoshop, retro computing, subscription fatigue, vintage Mac
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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
I’ve been playing around with this scanned negative in the free, cross platform, Photoshop alternative GIMP!
Posted in Computers, photo manipulation, Photography, Pixels Versus Pigment, Sketch
Tagged analog, bienvenue, digital, GIMP, photography, Photoshop, Tina Garceau, USA, welcome!, Willkommen
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Caturday
Photos of Felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
Posted in Caturday
Tagged cat, feline, ginger cats, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, USA
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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
Digital Doodles
I’ve mostly set aside my real world drawing tools as an obsession with old computers has been burning through me since around Halloween. I’m trying to frugally future-proof my family’s digital life by gutting and re-configuring computers that have long … Continue reading
Caturday
Photos of Felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
